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Land and Water Summit returns to Albuquerque for March 3-4 event

Shenzhen is facing its worst drought on record. Can authorities find a holistic, long-term solution?

With an innovative program, the community of Lowell is adding balance to a growing metropolitan region while protecting a threatened species.

Sustainability ultimately means meeting our present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. With such a broad definition, the practice of sustainability can be rather lofty and hard to pin down. So let’s narrow our field of vision and discuss sustainability as a design and construction principle, whereby a structure is designed to be sustainable (i.e., not relying heavily on non-replenishable resources) and is constructed or renovated using sustainable materials and certified techniques.  

Promoting Natural Solutions For Urban Stormwater Management As a continuation of its efforts to help municipalities reduce the negative impacts of stormwater runoff, the U.S. EPA has announced the publication of the last in its series of 12 ‘Barrier Buster’ fact sheets on low-impact development (LID) for urban stormwater management. Unlike previous fact sheets focused on physical implementations, the latest document focuses on state and local development codes — a key gating factor in permitting the installation of green, stormwater infrastructure and mitigation practices. Here is an ov...